love this art. looks oldschool
I was thinking the same thing!
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First trailer for Netflix's Castlevania animated series
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I was thinking the same thing!
silver moose
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I'm actually really pleasantly surprised by this. It looks really promising.
Cautious optimism going into this.
Hopefully they can do the series justice.
Cautious optimism going into this.
Hopefully they can do the series justice.
It's almost like artists are able to do different styles because they draw from life.
I don't think it's particularly unreal, I mean it's not like animators/artists get into this just learning how to draw one style. Certainly any professional of quality would know how to do a variety of styles that encompass different levels of detail.
The Broken Ska Record
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That was a lot better than expectd. Will definitely check it out.
AdmiralMikey
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So am I reading into this too much into this trailer by believing the show is going to be based off of Castlevania 3? The main character looks like Trevor Belmont to me with brief glimpses of who I would believe to be Sypha, Grant and Alucard.
Lunarwhale
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saw this last night. pressed play expecting to cringe but gooooddaaaaaamn that art is good as fuck
between this and devilman crybaby netflix is making my animated dreams come true
between this and devilman crybaby netflix is making my animated dreams come true
Good eye, that was confirmed.
No Grant, but the rest is correct.
Tangled Up in Blue
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This alone is enough reason to watch this show (looking great with a great trailer is a bonus, though).
Seriously, if you don't know who Ellis is, head on over to Amazon and remedy that shit TODAY.
Gai Murakumo
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Really love the 90's style of animation with this. I did not know what to expect hearing about this several months ago but damn this looks amazing.
Studios can have range. Though also this isn't being animated by Frederator. It's being animated by Powerhouse Animation Studios.
Also some of the people working on this:
Director is Samuel Deats
Assistant director is Adam Deats
Animation director is Spencer Wan
Lead Background Designer is Robby Johnson
AdmiralMikey
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When I saw the brief shot of the guy throwing out the knives, I assumed it was Grant. Watching it again now, that's clearly Trevor. It would be nice if Grant showed up in some form, though. Keep the whole CV3 crew!
Crazy Diamond
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The art looks really nice. I think I'll start playing the games when this comes out.
He's been written out of the main cast a long time ago. Assuming they're keeping Warren Ellis' core script from a decade ago, he's not even in this adaptation.
WhiteWaterM00se
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I'm stunned. This actually looks well thought out.
The script was done 10 years now? What's the initial project?
It was to be a trilogy of animated films, and Warren personally met with then-Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi for his blessing. No idea what kept it in the oven, though.
Per the Bloodstained Community Manager, IGA's digging the reveal trailer.
Nintendo please let them do Zelda PLEASE.
Kojirospath
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This looks way better than it should. Slowly starting to get excited for this. Netflix keeps on being awesome!
Actually, I've looked more into this, and Ellis pretty heavily implied/outright said Grant was going to be in the other movies in the trilogy this was originally planned as.
So he probably just won't show up until later.
Astral Dog
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Oh i thought that gameboy game was considered rubbish anyways with the only salvageable part being a female Belmont and not any plot element. And Iga latter added CotM and Castlevania 64 to his timeline just as 'gaiden'games.
Because Frederator isn't animating this. Powerhouse Animation is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFFPnQ1GQWQ
League of Legends, Battle Chasers, FFXV King's Tale, etc.
Possumowner
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That looks fantastic, nostalgia spectacles or not
liquidekkah
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It was rubbish. The timeline has very little to do with why people began souring towards IGA, except maybe diehard Sonia fans. The souring was towards the perceived repetitiveness and lower effort of IGA's post-Symphony titles.
almostjuliuscaesar
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very excited by this. looking forward to more classic titles being turned into series if this works out
chrono trigger, anyone?
chrono trigger, anyone?
Uh? that was not the intial announcement. Still good!
Screaming Meat
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DiipuSurotu
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In which artstyle?
petran79
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Movie was bad though, despite the stellar animation. OVA was much better. Hope this isnt the case here!
Liquidsnakeiv
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I'm on it
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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The writer of Transmetropolitan is working on this? WHAT? That is nuts.
keltickennedy
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love this art. looks oldschool
Yes! Looks very throwback. I dislike how clean and sterile some animation can look these days. This is looking great.
Ganondorfo
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Stupid question about to be asked:
Do you think Konami is secretly making a Castlevania game with this style?
Castlevania is alive again, social media is talking a lot about the tv show.
Do you think Konami is secretly making a Castlevania game with this style?
Castlevania is alive again, social media is talking a lot about the tv show.
Or they'll make a pachinko game with this style.
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